Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

A novel vaccine evaluation platform to support SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development in resource-limiting settings

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus area :

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Principal Investigator :

Dr Nimesh Gupta, Scientist, National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

This study is focused on developing a platform for vaccine evaluation in resource-limiting settings, and developing the SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus system against both the parental strain and variants of concerns.

Outcome/Output:

Knowledge on animal model for pre-clinical vaccine evaluation and the tools for vaccine efficacy assessment like SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus and Tfh-tetramer.

Organizations involved